Jeremy Hsieh

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy is still optimistic lawmakers will restore another $1,400 in permanent fund dividends in a fall special session, a group is seeking a statewide ballot question to raise taxes on the oil industry, the Juneau Assembly OKs three ballot questions for the October municipal to finance and improve arts and culture infrastructure, the Assembly also approves a five-year schedule of water and wastewater utility rate hikes, a resident of a Mendenhall Valley home dies after neighbors pull her from a smoke-filled home, the Parks and Sterling highways in Southcentral Alaska reopen amid wildfires but with heavy delays, and the University of Alaska Board of Regents end the system’s state of financial exigency. 

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy announces his decisions on the Legislature’s latest funding bill, coastal communities react to the governor’s veto of $5 million from the Alaska Marine Highway System, federal rule changes around abortion referrals prompt Planned Parenthood to drop out of a federally funded family planning program, wildfires force evacuations and closures of the Parks and Sterling highways and, the parents of five young girls killed in a fire sue Enstar Natural Gas and property interests in a wrongful death lawsuit. 

In this newscast: Organizers of the campaign to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy push through an early signature gathering threshold, the Online With Libraries program and a free remote tutoring service get a reprieve from the governor’s budget cuts, the daughter of the late state Sen. Chris Birch applies to fill his seat, renowned Alaska Native languages linguist Michael Krauss dies, some of the creators behind “Molly of Denali” hold a vocal acting workshop in Juneau, and scientists in southern California test an underwater whale listening station intended to signal ship captains and reduce collisions. 

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he could work with other organizations on spending reductions as he did with the University of Alaska, the hot, record-breaking summer has ended the summer dog sled tour business early this year, organizers of the Golden North Salmon Derby cancel due to potentially dangerous wind conditions, and two baby orcas appear to be doing well in the endangered southern resident population.

In this newscast: Local early education providers explain what Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto reversal means to their programs, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says a Trump administration decision is expected soon on a road building rule affecting the Tongass National Forest, one of five candidates vying for two Juneau School Board seats withdraws, a local sportfish biologist shares some professional and personal insights ahead of the Golden North Salmon Derby that starts Friday, meanwhile a salmon derby based in Wrangell gets off to a slow start, the ferry Columbia capsizes a small skiff with its wake, and the short film “Who We Are” reflects on how coastal erosion affects Alaska Native villages. 

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy announces a major reversal on his cuts to the University of Alaska funding and early childhood programs, two Alaska groups fighting for a full permanent fund dividend argue the governor should not veto the $1,600 version lawmakers sent him, nine candidates file to run for Juneau Assembly and Juneau School Board in October, and middle and high school teachers are literally weaving Northwest Coast art into their math lessons. 

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s latest line-item veto hits Alaska’s primary provider of real-time marine vessel tracking, Juneau’s Alaska Native community galvanizes its response to state budget cuts, a UAF forest ecologist figures out ideal times to cut spruce for firewood, Yakutat hosts what may be a first-of-its-kind-in-Alaska surfing camp, and U.S. Geological Survey scientists find polar bears spending more time on shore. 

In this newscast: Signature gathering to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy launches around the state, coastal community residents sound off on the Alaska Marine Highway System’s stripped down winter ferry schedule, the filing period opens Friday for Juneau’s Oct. 1 municipal elections, Douglas Highway water main work is expected to shift traffic delays toward the Douglas roundabout, Pacific walruses are making their earliest appearances on northwest Alaska beaches due to sea ice receding early, and the pilot of single-propeller plane shocks drivers in Washington state with an emergency landing on a busy road. 

In this newscast: A statewide campaign to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy launches, Gov. Dunleavy’s Chief of Staff Tuckerman Babcock steps down and former Senate President Ben Stevens steps in, the head of the Department of Environmental Conservation says he wants to change the state’s cruise ship pollution monitoring program to one without on-board inspectors, the University of Alaska Board of Regents takes a step toward consolidating the entire university system to single accredited university, a barista pulls a gun on a Juneau man charged with robbery and assault at her coffee shop, and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee pushes for a gender X option on state ID cards.